With only a string of colored lights, a spindly trunk and some parse branches, a Christmas tree was slammed by local residents as "an embarrassment to the community" after it was placed outside the Liverton Mines Community Association's center in Liverton Mines, Teesside, UK, last week.

According to the Daily Telegraph of October 31, a new study has revealed that eating almonds can help the body to fight off viral infections such as the common cold and flu.
　　据英国《每日电讯报》报道，一项最新研究发现，吃杏仁可以帮助人体抵抗普通感冒和流感病毒的入侵。

　24-year-old designer Dai Haifei built a two-meter-tall egg-shaped bedsit out of his workplace in Haidian district, Beijing, to avoid paying high rent. Fitted with lights and a pump-powered washbasin, Dai's home relies on electricity from the solar panel on its roof, as well as a battery. The house cost Dai 6,400 yuan。

　Over the past year, several people have shot to fame or notoriety thanks (or no thanks) to the Internet. They have gained recognition from Internet users for a variety of reasons, from work they have done and suffering they have endured to things they have said, from the outrageous to the downright arrogant. The following is a list of 5 Internet f